Columbus Owls

Columbus Owls
CityColumbus, Ohio
LeagueInternational Hockey League
Operated1973–1977
Home arenaFairgrounds Coliseum
Franchise history
1966–1970Columbus Checkers
1971–1973Columbus Golden Seals
1973–1977Columbus Owls
1977Dayton Owls
1977–1980Grand Rapids Owls

The Columbus Owls were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League from 1973 to 1977. Prior to 1973, the team was known as the Columbus Golden Seals since 1971. After 1977, the team moved and became the Dayton Owls, and later the Grand Rapids Owls.[1] The longtime owner of the team while it was in Columbus, British-born mortgage writer Al Savill, leveraged his ownership of the club to purchase the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1975, which he owned until 1977.

  1. ^ "Columbus Golden Seals". Ohio History Central. Archived from the original on 2021-11-08.